This is a online journal of a scoutmaster's thoughts on over 36 years as a Boy Scout Leader.

Interviewing Mike Rowe

Now, this would be a job Buttons, the radical Boy Scout, would have loved to have. Interviewing Mike Rowe, the Eagle Scout who stars on the television show Dirty Jobs. Scouting magazine’s blog, the Cracker barrel, recently posted about a video in which two young Boy Scouts interviewed the tv star. The boys did a great job, even though Mike seemed to be doing his best to make them laugh. After watching it, I began to wonder how the interview would have turned out if Buttons had been the one to conduct the interview. I can see it now…

Buttons – “So dude, what brings you to the Jamboree?”Mike – “Well that depends. What’s your name?”Buttons – “Like, I am Buttons, the radical Boy Scout.”Mike – “See Buttons, I don’t have conversations with people who don’t introduce themselves first.”Buttons – “What dude? Like, you don’t know who I am? I am the most awesome Boy Scout here at the Jamboree. I thought a celebrity of your stature would know that.”